Why has our professional lives become something that seems to take over more and more of people’s freetime even though the western world is better off materially than ever before? Are we happy to work this much and if not, can we make a change? I wanted to explore how to make it easier for people to separate work and freetime and create an artifact that will help one to “step out” of the professional self and “step into” the freetime self after finishing a workday.

The result was the hallway chair “Lose It”, a symbol and reminder of the importance of taking time to rest and let go of thoughts about work. “Lose It” is inspired by a crumpled post-it note to symbolize the feeling of letting go of control, crumple “to do” lists and take time off from work.